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minus-squareSkvlp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day ago(5-0,5)x20 = 4,5x20 = 90? 2+((5-0,5)x20) = 2+(4,5x20) = 2 + 90 = 92?
minus-squareVonReposti@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 day ago Half to the five = (5-0.5) = 4.5 “Sindstyve” = multiplied by 20 4.5*20 Two and half to the five multiplied by twenty = 2+(5-0.5)*20 = 2+4.5*20 = 2+90 = 92
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 hours agoOh! That makes my brain hurt a bit less. It’s “subtract half from five”.
minus-squareVonReposti@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agoYeah, it’s kinda the difference between saying “the clock is currently half past twelve” (the English way) and “the clock is currently half to one” (which we say in Danish and probably in a wealth of non-English languages too).
(5-0,5)x20 = 4,5x20 = 90? 2+((5-0,5)x20) = 2+(4,5x20) = 2 + 90 = 92?
Oh! That makes my brain hurt a bit less. It’s “subtract half from five”.
Yeah, it’s kinda the difference between saying “the clock is currently half past twelve” (the English way) and “the clock is currently half to one” (which we say in Danish and probably in a wealth of non-English languages too).